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Cassandra Morgan

Baby prompted abused boy to turn in football fundraiser

Adam Kneale (L) is suing Footscray Football Club claiming it was vicariously liable for his abuse. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

By October 1992, it had been eight years since Graeme Hobbs led 12-year-old Adam Kneale down a football club corridor and raped him for the first time.

It was eight years since the boy thought to himself the money he got from the greasy-haired, "fat" heavy smoker was worth it, because what happened wouldn't affect him when he got older.

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